...for there is nothing to relieve thé mind, to lead to h ope, or to tell of what has gone by. Thèse huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serions thoughts and more earnest reflection than thé temples of Baalbec, and thé theaters of lonia."...

...are the remains, unlike P the Roman and the Greek, hare left no visible traces of their civilisation, or of their arts: their influence has long since passed...earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec and the theatres of Ionia. In the middle of April I left Mosul for Baghdad. As I descended the Tigris on a...

...half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon the senses than the ruins before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to...deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec, or the theatres of Ionia." — vol....

....which was seen and written of by the old Greek ! " These huge mounds of Assyria," says Mr. Layard, "made a deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more...earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec and the theatres of Ionia." His mind was fixed to examine thoroughly, whenever it might be in his power, these...

...themselves. He tells us that the huge mounds of Assyria then made a deeper impression upon him, and gave rise to more serious thoughts and more earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec and the theatres of Ionia. His curiosity was excited, and from that time he formed the design " of thoroughly...

...land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more...deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec or the theatres of Ionia. In the middle...

...land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more...deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec or the theatres of Ionia. In the middle...

...whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon the senses than the ruin before him. lie is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps...deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection, than the temples of IJalbec or the theatres of Ionia. — Vol....

...are the remains, unlike the Roman and the Greek, have left no visible traces of their civilisation, or of their arts : their influence has long since...earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec and the theatres of Ionia. In the middle of April I left Mosul for Baghdad. As I descended the Tigris on a...

...long since passed away. The more he conjectures, the more vague the results appear. The scene around M worthy of the ruin he is contemplating ; desolation...deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection, than the temples of Baalbec or the theatrex of Ionia." The hand...